Apartment hunting is a roller coaster ride, and while I do love roller coasters, I’m ready to get off this one for a few months. We’ve still got a month to go before we’re homeless, but I am not one to leave things to the last minute (I’ve changed a lot since college), so I’ve been keeping an eye out for apartments for a few weeks now, and we’ve been to Annapolis two Saturdays in a row.
Oh, did I not say? We’ve decided our first stop is Annapolis or somewhere in that end of Maryland (either side of the bay). Last Saturday, we went with not much of a plan, and we were completely discouraged. We couldn’t anything short-term (3-4 months), and we left (after a very pleasant dinner with Jess and Chuck) pretty unhappy about it. On the ride back, we decided we’d have to stay at least 6 months, and since there are some pretty big upsides to that decision, we’re happy with it. The biggest upside is that staying somewhere for 6 months means we won’t be looking for the next place the whole time we’re living in one place. And for this particular move, it means John won’t feel rushed through getting his pilot’s license. AND, since most of the places we’re thinking about going are near friends we don’t see often, we’ll be able to spend more time with them before we move on. Definitely the right decision.
After that, I spent all day Sunday on a couple new sites (Hotpads is great), sending out a TON of inquiries about apartments and saying up front that we’re looking for 6-months leases. I got some pretty good responses, and we headed to Annapolis again yesterday with 4 appointments and the promise of a couple more.
But now I need to eat, and I’m going offline for the rest of the evening. I want to tell you about how Saturday went (and the crazy real estate agent we met), but I will do my best to do that tomorrow or Tuesday.